Yinzhou private enterprise hires Nobel winner as consultant
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Tuesday, 24 February 2015 12:15
Recently, Dr. Richard Roberts, winner of Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine and Fellow of the Royal Society, has been hired as the Chief R&D Consultant for a private enterprise in Yinzhou District.
"Dr. Robert's joining helps to strengthen the power of the R&D Center and will greatly promote the upgrading and innovation of products." said confidently Huang Jinbao, President of China-Ningbo Yofoto Commodity Co. Ltd.
So far, in Yinzhou District, there are 52 talents from the "1000 talents program" at or above the municipal level, 126 overseas engineers, 21 academician workstations, 19 post-doctoral workstations and 18 technological innovation teams for enterprises. In 2014, the hi-tech industrial output value of the district increased by 9.8% and the output value of the new products grew by 28% over the previous year.
